Ocular Emergencies in a Rural Hospital: A 5 Year Retrospective Clinical Audit

Results: Total 5674 patients were attended admitted in the Ophthalmology emergency. Male and female were 3764 and 1910 respectively. Male: Female ratio was 1.97:1. Traumatic ocular emergencies were 4071 (71.75%) and nontraumatic ocular emergencies were 1603 (28.25%). Most common cause of traumatic ocular emergency was extra-ocular foreign body 1848 (45.40%) followed by Open globe injury 976 (23.97%). In traumatic ocular emergencies male and female were 3044 (74.77%) and 1027 (25.22%) respectively. Most common presented age group was third and fourth decade. Among the open globe injury (n=976) 825 (84.53%) episodes were due to accidents. Common source of open globe injury was due to stone 450 (54.55%). Corneal ulcer 341 (21.27%) and acute glaucomas 311 (19.4%) were the leading causes of nontraumatic group. Minor ocular injuries were managed as day care basis. Open globe ocular injuries were managed with primary repair. Others ocular emergencies were given conservative medications.